OTTOMAN TURKISH CONQUEST OF CYPRUS
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Ottoman Turkish Conquest of Cyprus
Medieval and Venetian defences of Nicosia.
Venetian gate of Nicosia, known as the Famagusta gate.
The walls of Nicosia with the mosque of the standard bearer.
Kyrenia castle from the air, note the Lusignian tower on the seaward side.
Famagusta harbor with defences.
Famagusta city walls with gun ports.
Famagusta, the Ravelin in foreground.
The explosion of the Ravelin.
Ottoman forces besieging Nicosia in 1570.
Ottoman forces besieging Famagusta in 1571.
Marc Antoni Bragodino being
humiliated by Lala Mustafa.
Sultan Selim, "the Sot".
Column where Bragodino was skinned alive.
Bragodino's funerary monument in Venice.
A Venetian Carrack, ca 1565.
A Venetian galley.
The Battle of Lepanto, October 1571.
A Venetian nobleman with his weapons and armor, 1570.
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